Mortgages

Prospective homebuyers dealing with £11k deposit inflation

Prospective buyers planning to purchase a home in the next 24 months are aiming...

Bluestone Mortgages exits buy-to-let market

Bluestone Mortgages is to focus on the owner-occupied mortgage market and has decided to...

More help needed for prospective homebuyers

50% of current homeowners with a mortgage had support in getting onto the property...

OMS reports 25% application volume rise

One Mortgage System (OMS), the platform for brokers, has revealed that it has seen...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts all residential fixes and expands product range

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced all residential fixed rates by up to 63bps and...

Q&A: Amanda Wilson, The Right Mortgage & Protection Network

BestAdvice fires the questions at Amanda Wilson, director of The Right Mortgage & Protection...

Flying the flag for credit-worthy borrowers

In years gone by, the UK residential mortgage market could – at times –...

PEXA joins OPDA executive committee

OPDA, the trade association for open property data, has announced the appointment of PEXA...

Hodge’s professional mortgage more popular with women

Hodge’s professional mortgage statistics have revealed that 58% of its customers in the past...

MPC split decision raises Bank Rate

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of...

Foundation Home Loans launches new Key Worker range

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its owner-occupied proposition through the launch of products with...

Clydesdale Bank introduces new 60% LTV buy-to-let fixes

Clydesdale Bank is launching new buy-to-let fixed rates on Thursday 3 August. It is also making...

Leeds improves higher LTV short-term fixed rate

Leeds Building Society has improved a range of its short term fixed rate products,...

Gen H introduces product switching range for intermediary partners

Gen H has unveiled its new product switching range for intermediaries. Brokers who help their...

COMMENT

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

Latest news

Green rent cap plan could squeeze buy-to-let affordability

Green Party proposals to restrict private rent increases for three years could make it...

Firms’ confidence in FCA rises as satisfaction hits 79%

Confidence in the Financial Conduct Authority has increased, with almost eight in 10 regulated...

Westmarq challenges surveying ‘duopoly’ as it targets lender business

Westmarq has challenged mortgage lenders to move more of their valuation business away from...

Advice firms step up technology use as integration remains key obstacle

Financial advice firms are taking a more proactive approach to technology, but integrating new...

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